.TH MTYPE 1 local
.SH NAME
mtype \- display contents of a MSDOS file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mtype
[
.B -ts
] msdosfile [ msdosfiles... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Mtype
displays the specified MSDOS file on the screen.  MSDOS sub directories
are supported with either the '/' or '\e\' separator.  The use of 
the '\e\' separator or wildcards will require the names to be enclosed
in quotes to protect them from the shell.
.PP
.I Mtype
will allow the following command line options:
.TP
.B t
Text file viewing.
.I Mtype
will translate incoming carriage return/line feeds to line feeds.
.TP
.B s
Strip high bit.
.I Mtype
will strip the high bit from the data.  Useful for viewing Wordstar files.
.PP
The environmental variable MCWD may be used to establish a current
working directory (relative to the MSDOS diskette).
.SH SEE ALSO
mdir(1), mread(1)
.SH BUGS
Allows multiple arguments, which does not follow the MSDOS convention.
Wildcards are only applied to filenames, not to directory names.
